Science policy up close / John H. Marburger III ; edited by Robert P. Crease.

By:

Marburger, John H., III (John Harmen), 1941-2011 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Crease, Robert P [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0674735935
9780674735934
9780674417090
0674417097

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science policy up close.DDC classification:

338.973/06 23

LOC classification:

Q127.U6

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Contents:

The Shoreham Commission -- The superconducting supercollider and the collider decade -- Managing a national laboratory -- Presidential science advisor I: advice and advocacy in Washington -- Presidential science advisor II: measuring and prioritizing -- The science and art of science policy.

Summary: In a career that included Presidential Science Advisor to George W. Bush, John Marburger stood on the front line of battles that pulled science deep into the political arena. Science controversies, he discovered, are never just about science. As his reflections show, science can no longer be shielded from public scrutiny and government supervision.

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In a career that included Presidential Science Advisor to George W. Bush, John Marburger stood on the front line of battles that pulled science deep into the political arena. Science controversies, he discovered, are never just about science. As his reflections show, science can no longer be shielded from public scrutiny and government supervision.